Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green on Tuesday, on account of optimism after reports indicated US President Donald Trump has agreed to a request by the chief executives of seven technology companies for timely licensing decisions from the Commerce Department regarding Chinese tech giant Huawei. Alos, increased anticipation of upbeat earnings results from major companies this week and hopes that the Federal Reserve may lower lending rates by a quarter point in July buoyed market sentiments. The Japanese Nikkei is in higher lead in line with the modest gains on Wall Street. Also, as exporters were high amid softer yen. Among the other Asian markets, Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Malaysia are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Taiwan and Indonesia are in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 increased 254.18 points or 1.19% to 21,670.97, Straits Times jumpped 8.71 points or 0.26% to 3,365.93, Hang Seng rose 30.90 points or 0.11% to 28,402.16, KOSPI Index enlarged 8.94 points or 0.43% to 2,102.28, Shanghai gained 1.96 points 0.07% to 2,888.93, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up 1.14 points or 0.07% to 1,656.54.
On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted diminished 8.22 points or 0.08% to 10,936.31, and Jakarta Composite declined 23.81 points or 0.37% to 6,409.74.
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